Financial Analyst

Heartland Consulting; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 105,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Job summary

Heartland Consulting in Washington, DC is seeking a Financial Analyst to support monthly billing, cost allocation, and reporting for a DHS shared-services office. This full-time onsite role reports to the Customer Service Program Team Lead and may be named in the proposal.

The role requires 3+ years in federal government accounting or cost modeling, with a strong emphasis on activity-based costing, advanced Excel, and potential Power BI use. US citizenship and DHS suitability needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, information management, or related field.
• At least three years of experience in federal government accounting or federal financial management; six+ years in cost modeling or shared-services financial operations preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in activity-based costing or cost-model development.
• Advanced Excel proficiency with lookups, pivot tables, and reconciliation; Power BI preferred; SQL a plus.
• Ability to explain cost results to non-accountants and document underlying assumptions.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to read, write, speak English fluently; must reside in the United States.
• Ability to obtain a DHS suitability determination; no security clearance required.
• Onsite availability at Potomac Center South, Washington, DC.

Responsibilities

• Gather inputs and calculate monthly activity and process costs for federal customer components and internal customer.
• Prepare monthly customer activity reports with methods, assumptions, and data sources.
• Support quarterly cost-per-vendor-invoice calculation and customer packages ahead of due date.
• Support annual service-level agreement update and annual funding reassessment.
• Confirm workload drivers and enterprise-wide costs with process owners during model configuration reviews.
• Draft sections of interagency agreement packages, including continuing-resolution updates.
• Support beginning-of-year and fiscal year-end customer reports, meetings, and action tracking.
• Document standard operating procedures and desk guides for the billing cycle.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Power BI

SQL

Cost modeling

Activity-based costing

Financial reporting

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Job description

Financial Analyst, Federal Shared-Services Costing

Heartland Consulting

Washington, DC

• Onsite
• Full-time

Contingent on contract award

Salary: $105,000–$115,000 per year

About The Role

Heartland Consulting is hiring a Financial Analyst to support monthly customer billing, cost allocation, and customer reporting for a Department of Homeland Security financial shared-services office. This is a core-team position reporting to the Customer Service Program Team Lead. The selected individual will be named in the proposal.

What you will do

• Gather inputs and calculate monthly activity and process costs for several federal customer components and the internal customer.
• Prepare monthly customer activity reports that state the method, assumptions, and data sources.
• Support the quarterly cost-per-vendor-invoice calculation and the customer packages that must be ready ahead of the departmental due date.
• Support the annual service-level agreement update, including comment tracking, and the annual funding reassessment.
• Confirm workload drivers and enterprise-wide costs with process owners during the annual model configuration review.
• Draft sections of interagency agreement packages, including continuing-resolution updates, for government signature.
• Support beginning-of-year and fiscal year-end customer reports, meetings, and action tracking.
• Document standard operating procedures and desk guides for the billing cycle.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, information management, or a related field. A master’s degree is preferred.
• At least three years of experience in federal government accounting or federal financial management. Six or more years of experience in cost modeling or shared-services financial operations is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in activity-based costing or cost-model development.
• Advanced Excel proficiency, including lookups, pivot tables, and reconciliation. A visualization tool such as Power BI is preferred. SQL is a plus.
• Ability to explain a cost result to a non-accountant and to document the assumption that produced it.
• U.S. citizenship and the ability to read, write, speak, and understand English fluently. Must currently reside in the United States.
• Ability to obtain a DHS suitability determination before starting work. No security clearance is required.
• Ability to work onsite, full time, at Potomac Center South, 550 12th Street SW, Washington, DC.

Benefits

• Healthcare benefits, including medical, dental, and vision, will be described before the first interview.

Salary: $105000 - $115000 per year